Taylor Cemetery

Greene County, NC

Surveyed by Judy Hawkins & Faye Walston July 2008




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Taylor Cemetery in Greene County, NC.

Location From Snow Hill, take Hwy 13 S. for about 8 miles toward Goldsboro. Turn right on Eden Church Rd. and continue about .2 mile to a path on the left. Turn left on this path and continue about .4 mile to the cemetery which is located in a field. The nearest intersection is Hwy. 13 S. and Eden Church Rd.



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    The epitaphs are as follows:



    John H Taylor Feb 8 1872 Aug 3 1948 Sara C Wife of J H Taylor Dec 25 1866 Sep 27 1943 Craven Son of Lewis Taylor Jul 22 1866 Oct 17 1926 L M Taylor Sep 18 1838 Jun 5 1926 Zilpha Wife of L H Taylor Apr 27 1844 Feb 8 1914 Lora Taylor Grady May 27 1869 Sep 18 1934 Larence Grady Oct 8 1888 May 1 1922 Littie J Daughter of L M & L Taylor Dec 2 1853 Mar 3 1910 Ziphia Alma Johnson Dec 3 1879 Nov 26 1920 John Jackson Johnson Feb 4 1876 Apr 4 1955 Infant Hopewell Sep 16 1924 W S son of G C & R E Hopewell Jan 12 1908 Jul 6 1911 Raymond Hopewell Nov 14 1923 Dec 13 1923 Pollie Hopewell Mar 15 1920 Naomi Daughter of W V & Mary J Taylor Nov 22 1909 Aug 22 1915 J V Taylor Son of W V & M J Taylor Oct 3 1908 May 12 1910 Mary A Wife of H H Smith Feb 12 1898 Jun 23 1903 H H Snith Feb 14 1826 rest of stone broken and missing W A Taylor Apr 25 1852 May 10 1922 Nancy Fail Wife of Wyatt A Taylor Mar 21 1863 Jun 25 1934 Thelma E Daughter of ? & L E Taylor May 18 1909 Oct 22 1911 Stone chipped Z R Taylor May 7 1859 Jul 14 1900 J A Taylor Oct 15 1875 Oct 24 1902 Penelope Wife of C W Taylor Sep 18 1839 Apr 1 1914 Benjamin W Taylor Feb 14 1830 Mar 14 1898 Aged 68 yrs 1 month Benjamine F Son of C W & Penelope Taylor Dec 15 1872 Dec 23 1895 Stephen W Son of C W & Penelope Taylor May 22 1887 Sep 7 1887 William Gaston Fordham Apr 20 1823 Apr 21 1912 Sarah J Fordham Jul 6 1843 May 3 1913 Borken stone no name or dates Benjamine D Son of J R & E A Mewborn Jul 31 1898 Jun 3 1899 Infant Son of J R & E A Mewborn Jun 17 1895 NOD Albert B Taylor Aug 4 1893 Jun 3 1895 Infant Daughter of W A & N A Taylor Aug 5 1897 Aug 13 1897 Parham Son of Wright & Rebecca Taylor Nov 30 1841 Dec 22 1856 Aged 15 years & 22 days Rebecca Wife of Wright Taylor Dec 7 1802 Nov 2 1882 Aged 79 yrs 10 mos & 25 ds Wright Taylor Jul 25 1801 Jul 29 1851 Mark P Son of J W & C A Taylor Nov 20 1874 NOD Celia A Wife of J W Taylor Jan 7 1839 Jul 3 1876 James W Taylor Feb 6 1836 Jun 23 1902 Fanny A Wife of J W Taylor Jan 6 1842 Apr 13 1879 Celia A Daughter of J W & C A Taylor Jul 2 1876 Jul 9 1899 Virginia Grace Daughter of E J & Ethel Sauls Nov 7 1919 Sep 13 1921 Benjamin W Taylor Aug 12 1871 Dec 3 1911 Floyd C Taylor 1898-1927 Double Stone Best S Sally Nov 1 1892 Jul 18 1950 R Emmitt Jul 27 1890 Oct 24 1965 Carrie D Daughter of W S & S C Best Jun 9 1897 Nov 13 1900 W S Best Husband of S C Best Sep 2 1860 death date buried broken stones James E Son of W S & S C Best Sep 8 1894 Oct 9 1898 Smithy A Daughter of J W & C A Taylor May 1 1866 Oct 27 1867 Unmarked Stone Elizabeth ? Taylor Mar 28 1899 Oct 3 1936 A C Cox Aug 17 1885 May 24 1931 Elizabeth Wife of S H Best Jun 2 1822 May 22 1888 Aged 65 years 11 mos & 20ds Teenie Daughter of Jim & Bettie Killette Aug 9 1907 Aug 3 1922 R S K Dec 12 1877 Sep 9 1941 NOI Mary S Wife of J T Killett Apr 29 1844 May 16 1911 Double Stone Killette Jim Aug 2 1875 Nov 26 1919 Bettie T Apr 9 1878 Mar 8 1954 Infant Son of C T & S J Best Apr 21 1903 rest of stone buried Double Stone Taylor Lizzie T Feb 27 1888 NOD Benjamin F Oct 12 1884 May 3 1948 Walter Earl Son of M E & Elizabeth Howell Dec 26 1852 Winfred Son of Eddie & Maggie Radford Sep 1 1925 Dec 11 1926 Edgar C Webber North Carolina Pvt 156 Depot Brigade World War II Aug 9 1893 Sep 2 1965 MM Unreadable Sam Luther Webber 1914?- 1989 Rebekah Webber Jan 9 1859 Feb 15 1945 John D Webber Jun 18 1850 Jun 25 1931 Unmarked Grave

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